Accidents involving oxygen gas cylinders are a common phenomenon in several sectors. These call for regularly reinforcing safe practices and associated knowledge for frontline workers, trainers, and safety managers. One entry is through a low-cost board game, enabling a means of augmenting knowledge about oxygen safety and awareness in non-formal settings. The game was designed to augment existing oxygen gas cylinder handling training, using rules, scenarios and bonus mechanisms to reward players. The key idea of the game is encourage players to learn and reinforce knowledge concepts in relation to laws and statues about cylinder handling, both individually and collaboratively.
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